Sidney the robin

Klingberg i remember was highly rated but struggled that really surprised me never liked Arlington much remember that bloody noisey Claxon.😆

Eastbourne in a 5/6 year period to be quite honest had a few very poor imports.Slabon,Ring,Davidsson,Klingberg, Hammerberg, Johansson, Ericksson,Columbo,Tuorniemi,Tryvainen to name a few.Saying that they were always a very good home side and Kennett,Preston,Kelly,Schwartz,Woods,(one of my favourite English riders we're my favourie Eastie riders Dugard and Buck in the NL.

Speedway in the early eighties was terrific for me weekly meetings at Reading,Oxford,Swindon.Some weeks doing five meetings a week a great time.Also visiting some great tracks Belle Vue,Sheffield,Halifax,Exeter,Hackney,King's Lynn,Leicester loved every minute of it.

Anders Rowe signed for Kent from May 9th be great to see him progress who knows a Swindon rider of the future i hope so.

Great interview good luck to Darcy/ Lizzie in the future.I will be at Darcy's meeting on the 24th March Poole, a great rider Darcy was lucky to have seen him ride a fair bit.😀

Yes i remember pretty well Kennett i really believed we should of signed him , at the Abbey he was one of the best visiting riders of the early eighties. We signed Bastable fair anough he did become BC but the rumours over those couple of years was we could of signed Kennett/Lee .Steve do you remember Collins/Morton scoring loads at the Abbey just like Kennett/Niemi i think Belle Vue had R/R for a overated false averaged Derek Richardson PC /Mort both took seven rides each i think.?

Jankowski certainly did "Steve and Sigalos got a 15 point max from reserve at the Abbey on his first visit never beat Kilby though.?

For me i have crtitisised K.K but for me KK has always been a quality act,I remember seeing KK at a press day for the Robins he was quality a young lad then oozing class.Now Freddie is in front? and again i like F.L but KK could still and has the ability to get back in the series.

Just wondered will Jack ever return to speedway? a talented lad be great if he came back.

Doyle is such a strong character and his fitness and his fitness regime is superb.Might be rusty for a bit but his guts will bring him through, also he has comeback from some very nasty injuries before.

Any chance of BIGGING your self up anymore? cringeworthy😅

Lisa even you know Chris was not happy last year the EL was his last priority.Now in there career Holder is a level above KK he always has been anyway hence why he is a former WC.KK away from home will he go missing now and again? can't wait to see what happens.

Holder now is at a different level to K.K a massive season for Chris he will enjoy his racing at King's Lynn.

I would be very confident of a revved up Holder and a FIT again Doyle beating KK out of a best of 10 races at Wimborne Rd both far more consistent KK can he prove me wrong?he has the talent to do so i enjoy watching him ride.

For me Gustix it is nearly impossible to compile top 20 lists for those two era's. (ie) i have not seen nearly all of those riders so to pick by research only is a no/no.I will say though out of those two era's named i would be happy with the No 1s i have chosen 1929/48 1.VIC HUXLEY 1949/68 1.OVE FUNDIN.

Penhall was a ruthless rider don't be fooled by his looks in 82 he was very lucky to get away with that incident.For me i don't blame either rider the rule in place that someone has to go (excluded) is to blame.How the sport was robbed that year of a great climax and IF Carter had become WC would his life have panned out differently.? who knows.By the way if he had become WC he would of been a terrific WC, unlike Penhall who then just quit and from then on the sport has been on a wet slippery slope.

I can remember that bollocking that he gave Tony at the Abbey.But i can always remember Barry saying Tony had more ability than him at the same age huge praise eh Briggo senior is certainly in my top 7 of all time.

Speedway going with a wife and two kids is not a cheap evening, anyway work and the family have to come first.

God i envy you then Halifax 😅i will make the effort and try to get to Scunny a few times this year certainly for the Ipswich fixture.

What a pathetic and arrogant post😬.

In what way as a rider or a Dad Steve.?

Went only once last year to Scunny v Somerset and that was the best nights racing i saw all year.

Certainly born in 1934 now a grand old age of 83,Stan was a real favourite a great value for money rider.

Lofqvist i think then went and signed for Hackney i was a real fan of Christer a really exciting rider class.Bast in 77 came over for White City and i remember him moaning that he did not get the practice laps that he required to be competetive at White City. Who would of predicted in 77 that Penhall would end up being a double WC in the future.!!???

Strange comment Kurtz really did well in his first couple of PL seasons alot better than Jack.With Holder i suppose the problems Plymouth had were endless so maybe that had something to do with his average as i expected alot better.Holder i think is a real rider will tear it up at Peterborough and do well in his maiden senior campaign Kurtz also will do well a talented lad.